
Visual Effects
Richard Edlund
Visual Effects · Born 1940-12-06 · Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (1978, Star Wars; 1982, Raiders of the Lost Ark), two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a recipient of the BAFTA and Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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FilmThe Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024 · Self

LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self
FilmCleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
FilmPower of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017 · Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
FilmStar Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016 · Self

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016
FilmStar Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016 · Self
FilmStar Wars: Greatest Moments
2015 · Self
FilmBarely Lethal
2015 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmToy Masters
2014 · Self
FilmThe Creep Behind the Camera
2014 · Himself
FilmBullet to the Head
2012 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film21 Jump Street
2012 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmIndustrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · Self
FilmCharlie Wilson's War
2007 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmVision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
FilmRay Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Self
FilmRestoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004 · Himself
FilmEmpire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Self
FilmThe Stepford Wives
2004 · Visual Effects Design Consultant
FilmWreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 · Self (archive footage)
FilmBedazzled
2000 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmThe Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999 · Himself
FilmAir Force One
1997 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmSpecies
1995 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmTales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 · Producer
FilmMasters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Self
FilmBen-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993 · Self - Special Effects Director
FilmKing Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
1992 · Self
FilmSolar Crisis
1992 · Producer
FilmAlien³
1992 · Visual Effects Producer
FilmGhost
1990 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmVibes
1988 · Visual Effects Producer
FilmBig Top Pee-wee
1988 · Visual Effects Producer
FilmDie Hard
1988 · Visual Effects Producer
FilmLeonard Part 6
1987 · Visual Effects Producer
FilmThe Monster Squad
1987 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmMasters of the Universe
1987 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmSolarbabies
1986 · Visual Effects Producer
FilmLegal Eagles
1986 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmBig Trouble in Little China
1986 · Visual Effects Producer
FilmFright Night
1985 · Visual Effects Producer
FilmGhostbusters
1984 · Visual Effects
Film2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984 · Himself
FilmReturn of the Jedi
1983 · Visual Effects
FilmPoltergeist
1982 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Visual Effects Supervisor
FilmSP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Self
FilmThe Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Visual Effects
FilmThe China Syndrome
1979 · Visual Effects Camera
FilmStar Wars
1977 · Visual Effects

The Oscars
1953 · Self